Hamas leader killed : 5 latest updates on Gaza war

July 31, 2024 at 10:17 AM

  1. Hamas said its political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”.
  2. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says three people, including two children, have been killed and 74 wounded in a strike the Israeli military described as a “targeted assassination operation” against a Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut.
  3. A further 42 bodies were retrieved from eastern Khan Younis as Gaza officials say at least 255 Palestinians were killed during the nine-day Israeli army ground operation in the southern city.
  4. Nine young men have been killed in an Israeli attack as they transported bodies from the Bureij refugee camp to the Nuseirat camp on an animal-drawn cart, exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows.
  5. At least 39,400 people have been killed and 90,996 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive. (Al Jazeera)